Categories: Comparisons
An example of a teaching analogy:
"The mean free path is the average distance which a molecule travels between collisions with neighbouring molecules. This is like riding in the bumper cars at a carnival: you only can travel a short distance, on the average, before being involved in a collision with another bumper car."
Source: Murray Hart, retired science teacher, previously posted at scienceanalogies.com.
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